New Year - New Start

I'm not big on New Year's Resolutions, but I do enjoy the feeling of a fresh start that comes with a new year. So here's what's NEW with me and BigHouse

Me:
I'm determined to get in the best shape of my life this year, so I joined the Opelika Sportsplex, and downloaded the Couch - 2 - 5K app on my iPod to start running. The Sportsplex is great - super close to Grandmom's house, has lots of fun classes (so far I've tried Zumba), cool weight machines, indoor and outdoor tracks, an indoor pool, a hot tub, on and on. I've done the first two days of training with C25K (oh and Micah's goal is to run the 5K too). So far it's not too terrible, and I feel so accomplished after running, haha.

Not much else is new with me I guess...which is lame, I know, since it's been over a month since I've updated the blog. So it goes during the holidays.

BigHouse:
We had our first annual BigHouse Staff Planning Retreat at the end of December (me, Micah, Blake, and Joe). We mapped out all the events and programs we want to do in 2011. We're big dreamers, that's for sure! Joe is coming on board as our 3rd staff member (staff, as in "missionary"). He'll be coordinating our tutoring program, doing house maintenance (yay, I'm glad that's not me!), and making a promotional video and other technologically advanced things, like the website. He started his blog today - http://powerofmypower.blogspot.com

The kids come back on Monday - oh we have so much to do before then! Our house still doesn't have heat (although it's in the works, don't worry), so for now it's still cold and nobody wants to clean a house that's 45 degrees! So...our tree is still up, and everything's in shambles from last month. We're planning to go to IKEA in Atlanta on Friday to get some desks/tables/chairs and other things that are going to make our office space a lot more usable. Also changing the art and tutoring rooms somewhat. So that's kind of our weekend project. I'm still in the process of lining up volunteers to lead classes for the After-School Program. We have a new e-newsletter! I found an awesome website that lets us use their services for free b/c we're non-profit. And we can post it to Facebook and Twitter, so be on the lookout. If you don't currently get our newsletter you can email me at bighousefoundation@hotmail.com and I'll put you on the list.

Happy New Year!